Grave of the Fireflies

Category: Movies •

Genre: Animation • Drama • War •

Rating: 8.45

Director: Isao Takahata,

Writer: Isao Takahata (Screenplay),

Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai, Kozo Hashida, Kazumi Nozaki, Yoshio Matsuoka, Masahiro Kanetake, Kiyoshi Yanagawa, Hajime Maki, Atsuo Omotem, Teruhisa Harita, Hiroshi Tanaka, Michio Denpo, Shiro Tamaki, Mika Sekita, Kyoko Moriwaki,

Language: ja

Country: Japan

Release Date: April 16, 1988

Plot: In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.